Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:38 am
Disclaimer: I'm not very far into the manga so I have no clue if this would actually make sense in Astro's world, or not at all. 
I also expected we'd search for the woman or something so I'll shorten the ending very much...
...he decided to search for her. Following Sheeko's indications, he located her old house, but nobody lived there anymore. He found the closest neighbor. Another elderly lady lived there, and she recounted the story:
Many many years ago, this woman came to live in that house. She was very much alone, and crying a lot. She only sighed heavily when asked if she had family. One day, a man she seemed to know brought her a little girl to live with her. He was never seen again, but the woman found joy in her life again, until she died unexpectedly one day. Her name was Hoshie Tenma.
[...basically making Astro and Sheeko brother and sister... hopefully that won't make the forum explode either! ]
- The end -
I also expected we'd search for the woman or something so I'll shorten the ending very much...
"Astro Forever" wrote:...Astro asked Sheeko her if the girl's name and picture triggered anything in her memory. She said no, that when she woke up, she belonged to a woman who treated her very well, but who seemed sad. She didn't have anybody else than Sheeko in her life. Gradually, the woman let her go further and further from her house, though Sheeko never met anyone else, until the day she came home and the woman was gone; instead she found the man who would become her new owner, never saw the lady again and worried for her. Astro believed that this mysterious woman must be the only person who knew who Sheeko was really meant to be, and...
...he decided to search for her. Following Sheeko's indications, he located her old house, but nobody lived there anymore. He found the closest neighbor. Another elderly lady lived there, and she recounted the story:
Many many years ago, this woman came to live in that house. She was very much alone, and crying a lot. She only sighed heavily when asked if she had family. One day, a man she seemed to know brought her a little girl to live with her. He was never seen again, but the woman found joy in her life again, until she died unexpectedly one day. Her name was Hoshie Tenma.
[...basically making Astro and Sheeko brother and sister... hopefully that won't make the forum explode either!
]
- The end -
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Nice ending! Now we wait for GottaLoveASTROBOY to decide who makes up the next story!